Features
p.20 Structured Programming and Structured Flowcharts
[author Gregg Williams]
A technique that makes programs easier to write, understand, fix, and change.
p.36 Build the Disk-80: Memory Expansion and Floppy-Disk Control
[author Steve Ciarcia]
Steve discusses how to use dynamic memory and floppy-disk-controller integrated circuits and presents a design that incorporates them.
p.54 Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics, Part 1
[author Franklin C Crow]
Ways to display solid objects with the removal of hidden lines and surfaces.
p.132 What Is Good Documentation?
[author Jim Howard]
How to write clear and effective documentation.
p.166 A Beginner's Guide to Spectral Analysis, Part 2
[author Mark Zimmermann]
Images can be transformed into holograms via Fourier transforms.
p.262 A Simple Approach to Data Smoothing
[author Fred Ruckdeschel and Janice A Krinsky]
The techniques described here can aid in the interpretation of data taken from real-world situations.
p.300 The New Literacy: Programming Languages as Languages
[author Jon Handel]
BASIC, ALGOL, and APL are compared to the English language.
p.317 Computer Music: A Design Tutorial
[author Thomas P Orlofsky]
A modest amount of theory provides the background for building a simple program-controlled digital tone generator.
Reviews
p.84 The Micro Matrix Photopoint Light Pen
[author Stephen B Gray]
p.90 What's Inside Radio Shack's Color Computer?
[author Tim Ahrens. Jack Browne, and Hunter Scales]

Nucleus
p.6 Editorial: Is This Really Necessary?
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p.152. 333 Programming Quickies: Computing the Determinant of a Matrix: Constellation I: An Astronomy Program
p.155 Languages Forum: A Coding Sheet for FORTH
p.164, 314, 316 BYTE's Bits
p.216, 224, 234 Technical Forum: DATALINE; Addition and Subtraction: The 1802 Versus the Z80; Build a Simple Video Switch
p.230 Desk-Top Wonders: Hunt the Wumpus with Your HP-41C
p.236 System Notes: Software Addressing Modes for the 8080
p.242 BYTELINES
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p.308 Event Queue
p.315 Clubs and Newsletters
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